Sentence Structure and Clauses Flashcards
Grade 6 · English · Flashcards
Essential vocabulary for understanding how sentences are built with clauses and conjunctions.
Flashcards
- Clause
- A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.
- Phrase
- A group of words that does NOT contain both a subject and a verb; acts as a single part of speech.
- Independent clause
- A clause that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
- Dependent clause
- A clause with a subject and verb that CANNOT stand alone; depends on an independent clause for meaning.
- Simple sentence
- A sentence with exactly one independent clause.
- Compound sentence
- A sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.
- Complex sentence
- A sentence with one independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses.
- Compound-complex sentence
- A sentence with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
- Coordinating conjunction
- A conjunction (FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) that joins words, phrases, or independent clauses of equal rank.
- Subordinating conjunction
- A conjunction (because, although, when, if, unless) that introduces a dependent clause.
- Comma splice
- A punctuation error in which two independent clauses are joined by only a comma, with no conjunction.
- Run-on sentence
- An error in which two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions.
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